Rescuers Get Green Light

January 24, 1998|By ROBIN DEACLE Daily Press

WILLIAMSBURG — Traffic's backed up, and you're stopped at a red light. The wail of a fire engine siren approaches from behind. You can't get out of the way, so the fire truck carefully negotiates its way through the intersection.

But at four of the city's busiest intersections, such tie-ups will no longer ensnare motorists and rescue vehicles. City fire trucks and ambulances have transmitters that can turn lights along Richmond Road green when fire trucks or ambulances are responding to a call.